Public Health and Diseases
A Geographical Study of Women's Health, Urban Mortality and Health Policies
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary exploration of gender, public health, and disease with a focus on urban areas impacted by climate change. In three sections, global case studies are provided that analyze health risk management strategies in...
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary exploration of gender, public health, and disease with a focus on urban areas impacted by climate change. In three sections, global case studies are provided that analyze health risk management strategies in vulnerable populations containing high rates of mortality and disease morbidity. The sections are broadly divided along the themes, of women's health and gendered health challenges, demographic health issues such as aging populations, and the impacts of urbanization on health and the strategies to improve public health in urban areas such as green space projects. The book will be useful resource for students and researchers of health geography and public health, as well as public health practitioners and policymakers.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Public Health and Diseases “
Chapter 1: Continuity of care: An analysis of care providers' outlook on women's experiences of unplanned/emergency cesarean section within the New Zealand maternity system.- Chapter 2: The Reproductive Health Status of Muslim Women and its Challenges: A Case of North 24 Pargana District, West Bengal, India.- Chapter 3: Decomposing SC-ST differences in Nutritional Status (BMI) among reproductive-aged women (15-49) in West Bengal.- Chapter 4: Genealogy Tells: Informing Health and Aging Policies using East Tennessean Older Women's Family Histories, Perceptions, and Experiences of Health Inequity.- Chapter 5: Geographies of under five Malnutrition in Kano State, Nigeria.- Chapter 6: Spatio-temporal modelling of the five most prevalent cancers in Iran.- Chapter 7: Risk factor variations of US county-level cancer mortality, a geographic random forest approach.- Chapter 8: Prevention and control of leprosy in microregion Garças/Araguaia.- Chapter 9 Cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: a geographical-based state-of art review.- Chapter 10: Spatio-temporal analysis of urban growth and impact of green space on human health; A comparative study on women and men.- Chapter 11: The influence of population density in the access to urban green spaces in the city of Lisbon as a potential contribution to a healthier city.- Chapter 12: Assessment of thermal comfort conditions as a factor influencing health problems.- Chapter 13: Heat vulnerability and its impact on public health in urban and peri-urban area.- Chapter 14: The Urban Heat Island impacts on mortality during a specific heatwave event in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.- Chapter 15 Overweight and food environment: a multilevel analysis in a Brazilian Metropolitan Region.- Chapter 16: Towards a malaria-free world for children: Geographic patterns of paediatric malaria transmission in Nigeria (2008-2018).- Chapter 17: Demography of Aging and Degenerative Diseases Among Older Adults in Imo State, Nigeria from 2012 to
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Autoren-Porträt
Dr. Asraful Alam is an Assistant Professor and HoD at the Department of Geography, Serampore Girls' College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He received his M.A. & Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Aliah University, Kolkata, India respectively and also completed PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS. Dr. Alam completes his Post Doctorate (PDF) from Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Earlier he was an Assistant Coordinator in PG Department of Geography, Calcutta Women's College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. . Dr. Alam is one of the Project Director of collaborative major project on "Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: An Impact Assessment in Relation to the Life of Women in Assam and West Bengal" sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Education, New Delhi. His research interests include Population Geography, Agricultural Geography, Climatology, Health Geography and Remote Sensing & GIS and Developmental Studies. He has contributed various research papers published in various reputed national and international journals and edited book volumes. He has authored jointly edited books entitled "Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: Case Studies of Human-Environment Interactions in India", "Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security: Case Study of Availability and Sustainability in India", "Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: - Experiences and Case Studies", "Life and Living through Newer Spectrum of Geography, Self-Reliance (Atmanirbhar) and Sustainable Resource Management in India", and Climate Change, Agriculture and Society - Approaches toward Sustainability", "Agriculture and Climatic Issues in South Asia: Geospatial Application". He was a convener in the National Seminar on Self- reliance (Atmanirbhar), Sustainable Development and Environment 25th & 26th March 2022 Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science
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Research (ICSSR) organized by Department of Geography, Serampore Girls' College. Dr. Alam has served as an Editorial Board Member in peer-reviewed International Journal of PLOS One, Earth Science, Scientific Journal of Health Science Research and Frontiers in Geochemistry.
Dr. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor and former Head of the Department of Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata. She has more than fourteen years of teaching as well as research experience. She obtained her M.A., Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslims University. She was awarded nine academic awards and fellowships like International Young Geographer Award 2009, the AMU-JRF award 2006-07, and UGC-RF 2007-2009 award, etc. She has published more than forty papers at the national as well as international levels in reputed journals and twenty-eight chapters in edited books. Dr Rukhsana has published seven books and presented a no of research papers at the national and international levels. She has attended XXV FIG International Congress 2014, Malaysia and ICGGS-2018, Thailand Bangkok. Dr Rukhsana has successfully completed one major research project sponsored by ICSSR, Ministry of Education, New Delhi in the agriculture field. Four Ph.D. has been successfully awarded under her supervision. She has served as a reviewer for many reputed international journals. Her specialization in research is agriculture development and planning, urban expansion and planning, environment, rural development, RS, and GIS. She has completed various training, workshop from different organizations, and a no of training courses done by IIRS Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Department of Space, Govt of India. She is engaged in various professional activities and served the university in various posts. Presently she is working as project director and project director of collaborative major project alsoon a major resea
Dr. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor and former Head of the Department of Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata. She has more than fourteen years of teaching as well as research experience. She obtained her M.A., Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslims University. She was awarded nine academic awards and fellowships like International Young Geographer Award 2009, the AMU-JRF award 2006-07, and UGC-RF 2007-2009 award, etc. She has published more than forty papers at the national as well as international levels in reputed journals and twenty-eight chapters in edited books. Dr Rukhsana has published seven books and presented a no of research papers at the national and international levels. She has attended XXV FIG International Congress 2014, Malaysia and ICGGS-2018, Thailand Bangkok. Dr Rukhsana has successfully completed one major research project sponsored by ICSSR, Ministry of Education, New Delhi in the agriculture field. Four Ph.D. has been successfully awarded under her supervision. She has served as a reviewer for many reputed international journals. Her specialization in research is agriculture development and planning, urban expansion and planning, environment, rural development, RS, and GIS. She has completed various training, workshop from different organizations, and a no of training courses done by IIRS Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Department of Space, Govt of India. She is engaged in various professional activities and served the university in various posts. Presently she is working as project director and project director of collaborative major project alsoon a major resea
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Bibliographische Angaben
- 2024, 2024, XV, 315 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Asraful Alam, Rukhsana
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3031577612
- ISBN-13: 9783031577611
Sprache:
Englisch
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